Motivation and coaching go hand and hand. Coaches are constantly motivating their athletes to do what it takes to get better. When an athlete is struggling with this motivation, unquestionably, a coach’s first instinct is to step in and offer an external motivator to kick-start the athlete. However, pushing an athlete using external motivators has […]
It’s no secret that athletes who enjoy the process get better faster than those who don’t. However, the problem is most parents and coaches don’t know what to do when an athlete is not enjoying the process. Well, obviously, like most things there is no one size fits all solution to this problem. When an […]
Last weekend while at a wrestling tournament someone made the comment to me that my son was a naturally gifted athlete. Like most things people I don’t know say to me, I took this comment with a grain of salt. However, the memory of this moment hasn’t died easily. The truth is, I took this […]